In its continued effort to enrich quality of life for its residents, The San Antonio Housing Authority (SAHA) and the San Antonio Public Library, in cooperation with the local U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) office, will host a unique event on Friday, July 28, 10 a.m. at the Bazan Branch Library. The event is aimed at encouraging literacy, promoting positive educational outcomes, and instilling a love of reading among children and families living in public housing communities across San Antonio. This marks the first of many events planned in response to SAHA’s participation in the national Book-Rich Environment (BRE) Initiative, led in partnership by the National Book Foundation, the U.S. Department of Education, HUD, the Urban Library Council and the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading.

Staff-hosted podcast “Tuned In” offers behind-the-scenes insight into the San Antonio Public Library

The San Antonio Public Library invites the community to have a
listen to their newly released staff-hosted podcast “Tuned In”.

“Tuned In” offers an
engaging and unique look into the inner-workings of the San Antonio Public Library.
Reference staff at the Central Library host this fun and informative show about
topics ranging from library jargon to popular Library resources, to the ongoing
debate of eBooks vs. paper books. The hosts wanted to create a fun way to
answer common questions that library patrons have, like what it means when a
book is “in-transit”, or what the difference is between a database and a search
engine.

Learn more about this historical and religious festival from the Gurdwara Sikh Center of San Antonio

The San Antonio Public Library is a welcoming community gathering place that provides opportunities for people to meet, exchange ideas, and participate in the life of their community. Between April 14 and April 29, the Library will host three celebrations of the Vaisakhi Festival, a historical and religious festival that marks the Sikh New Year. Select branch libraries will celebrate the occasion with traditional Bhangra dance performances and the screening of a documentary film about Vaisakhi , provided by Gurdwara Sikh Center of San Antonio.

Trinity Professor to discuss historical significance of “We Shall Not Be Moved” slave spiritual in honor of Black History Month

Dr. David Spener of Trinity University will tell the story of how the song “We Shall Not Be Moved” began as a slave spiritual in the early nineteenth century and later became an anthem for the labor and African American civil rights movements in the United States.

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